McConnell Comments on President Obama’s Ozone Rule
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following comments today regarding the Obama Administration’s latest regulation dubbed the “most expensive regulation in U.S. history”: “The Obama Administration’s latest attack on the Middle Class, another massive regulation with negligible benefits that threatens to ship American jobs overseas, could throw thousands of Kentuckians […]
McConnell to Senate Democrats: Don’t Block Funding for America’s Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor urging Democrats to support the national defense authorization bill and funding for Veterans Affairs: “With each passing day the American people are reminded of the peril attached to the Obama Administration’s inflexible determination to conduct American foreign policy […]
Senators McConnell and Casey’s Protecting Our Infants Act Advances
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced today their bipartisan legislation, the Protecting Our Infants Act, was approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). The Senators introduced the bill earlier this year, and it’s expected to be considered by the […]
Funding for Military and Veterans up Next in Senate
‘The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill is one of the 12 pieces of appropriations legislation we must pass to properly fund the government.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today urging Senate Democrats to support funding for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs: “This […]
Senator McConnell Honors Congressman Whitfield on the Senate Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY-01) announcing his retirement following the end of his term: “Yesterday, Representative Ed Whitfield announced that he will retire at this end of this term. Ed has served Kentucky’s first district for more […]
Senate Set to Consider More Funding, Support for Military and Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor urging Senate Democrats to stop filibustering the annual appropriations bills: “The Senate will complete its work on the continuing resolution today. “We remember watching our Democratic colleagues swerve from crisis to crisis when they ran the Senate. Perhaps […]
Senate Set to Pass Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the Continuing Resolution (CR): “Last night, 77 Senators voted to advance legislation that would keep the government funded through the fall at the bipartisan level agreed to by both parties. “This bill hardly represents my preferred method […]
Democrat Filibusters on Spending Bills Prompt Need for Short-Term CR
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the Continuing Resolution (CR): “A new Senate majority came to office this year with a different outlook on government funding from the previous majority. “First we passed a budget. “Then we worked across the aisle to pass […]
McConnell on House Speaker Boehner: ‘Country and Institution before Self’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the retirement of Speaker Boehner: “Grace under pressure. “Country and institution before self. “These are the first things that come to mind when I think of John Boehner. “He is an ally. He is a friend. And […]
McConnell: Senate Democrats’ Opposition to Defunding Planned Parenthood Won’t End the Debate
‘By placing their allegiance with the Far Left instead of women, Democrats are making a losing bet they will come to regret over the long term.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the introduction of a Continuing Resolution to fund the government: […]